Do you like to watch Discovery Channel’s baby shows?
June 9, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
If so, I’ve got good news for you. It’s Baby Week over at Discovery and here are a couple of episodes that I think Womb Within visitors may enjoy watching:
DELIVER ME: Episode, Now or Never
Premieres Tuesday, June 10 at 8 PM ET/PT
Complex pregnancies and high-risk births—these are worries for many parents-to-be, but they are everyday occurrences for Drs. Alane Park, Yvonne Bohn and Allison Hill. Discovery Health’s new docu-series, DELIVER ME, follows the careers and lives of these three dynamic women—best friends who became partners in a demanding Los Angeles OB/GYN practice. In this episode, cancer survivor Terri Harrah approaches her due date, but when the large size of her baby makes a natural delivery risky, Alane has to decide between inducing a pre-term labor or proceeding to Caesarian section. Meanwhile, Claudia Lima is about to become a mother for the third time – sixteen years after her most recent child – but a bleeding scare lands her in the hospital, putting her life, and the pregnancy, in jeopardy. And doctor becomes patient when Kay May Kwok, a resident training in OB/GYN, prepares to join Yvonne, Alane, and Allison in the unique society of moms who deliver babies.
AMAZING BIRTHS: Episode 2
Airs Thursday, June 12 at 8 PM ET/PT
Amazing Births is a thrilling, fast-paced one-hour program that introduces us to remarkable mothers from around the world – mothers who never made it to hospital — mothers compelled to give birth without medical help, in extreme situations. Their incredible stories are brought to life through dramatic re-enactments, actual 911 telephone recordings, intimate first hand interviews, and real-life home video footage. In this episode, meet a woman who went into labor during the worst ice storm in 50 years. Then, a Girl Scout who performed the ultimate deed and helped her mother deliver her baby. Finally, follow a lady whose car was turned into a roadside delivery room.
(information sent by press release from Discovery Health)
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